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Ethereum’s Glamsterdam test runs near 200 million gas per block after upgrade

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Ethereum’s Sepolia test network activated the Glamsterdam upgrade on October 6 and moved to a block gas limit near 200 million. Mainnet remains at a 60 million gas limit, and no confirmed deployment date has been set for that network.

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Ethereum’s Sepolia test network activated Glamsterdam on October 6.
Ethereum Test Network Raises Block Limit to Over 3x Its Current Capacity
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After the upgrade, Sepolia’s block gas limit rose to nearly 200 million gas, more than three times mainnet’s 60 million limit.
Ethereum Test Network Raises Block Limit to Over 3x Its Current Capacity
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Ethereum mainnet is still at a 60 million gas limit.
Ethereum’s Sepolia Test Targets Nearly 200 Million Gas Limit
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No confirmed deployment date has been set for Glamsterdam on Ethereum mainnet.
Ethereum’s Sepolia Test Targets Nearly 200 Million Gas Limit

What it means

Users and developers working around Sepolia will notice the higher block gas limit immediately, because the test network is now running with much more room per block than before. That makes the test environment look different today from Ethereum mainnet, which still has a 60 million gas limit.

In practice, Sepolia can now process blocks under the new Glamsterdam setting, while mainnet stays on its earlier limit. What changes is the test network configuration; what does not change yet is the mainnet setting, which remains at 60 million gas.

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